We attended the Boca Junior's practice at Nike World Headquarters last week and decided to explore the campus a bit. The campus includes many sports fields including perfect pitches, where some of the best youth teams across the US were playing in a Man U sponsored tourney. The Nike Campus is filled with bright shinny fancy things like huge office buildings, life-size bronze statues and some of the best sports memorabilia you could ever find on the planet.We were happy to see a collection at Nike and football titled "The DNA of Nike Football," and it was very cool. The pictures tell the story best, for bigger sizes click on them.
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ReplyDeletei like the caption next to the shoe talking about how it was made in mexico. i guess that shoe is significant for not only being nike's first boot but also being their first attempt at sweatshop labor. maybe the indonesia children sewing soccer balls for nike would enjoy the history of the company as well.
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ReplyDeleteI think it is important that we always question the practices of corporations, and in Nike's case especially the conditions of their factories and the workers. The Nike Corporate Responsibility Report is one of the most extensive that I can find for any US corporation. So to some degree, Nike is trying to do better and at least address the issues. Unfortunately, with the current economic systems in place, profits for shareholders and better conditions for workers are in conflict. Thank you for commenting.
An interesting article about soccer ball manufacturing from the Wall Street Journal titled "Pakistan Defends Its Soccer Industry."
Find it here http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575207982953211828.html
I heard tonight on Fox Soccer Report that on Monday, the International Labor Rights Forum will be releasing a report finding that Adidas is making the WC ball, in part with labor that only pays half of what is considered a living wage. It will be interesting on how much traction the story gets, or if it is buried amongst other news.
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